Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe!

I should just change this recipe to be called “OMG Cake with Zucchini” because LAWD. It’s sooooo good.

My mom made this cake awhile back and let me take a tiny taste of it {because she was hoarding it all for herself to freeze}. I instantly fell in love. So when my mother-in-law gave us one of the biggest zucchinis EVER from her garden, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it…Make this cake!

It’s heavenly. But once you see the ingredients, you’ll know why. It ain’t exactly healthy. But shoot, it sure beats the heck out of eating anything store-bought and processed, so I justified my many binges of eating it. Between sharing some with my neighbor and my girls, this baby was gone in a couple of days. And this is coming from a girl who really isn’t into chocolate cake generally!

So here’s the scoop on how to make chocolate zucchini cake.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 stick butter, softened

1/2 cup vegetable oil

3 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 cup buttermilk {I just made my own by combining a 1/2 cup of milk and adding 3 tablespoons of vinegar and letting it thicken}

1-1/2 cups flour

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. allspice

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

2 cups grated zucchini, drained overnight so less watery {I just stuck it in the food processor for the perfect consistency}

I love zucchini! Dipped in egg wash and Italian bread crumbs, fried and then topped with parmesan cheese.. sauteed with other fresh veggies, and of course hidden in a cake or bread!Jackie recently posted..A weekend at Grand Traverse Resort